For Mihawk,
the day after arriving aboard Noah passed quickly.
After spending roughly two hours defeating Longinus in a sparring match, he briefly met with Lord Imu.
Then he returned to his own courtyard to have dinner with Gion.
He suddenly realized that the food aboard Noah was far more delicious than before.
According to the chefs, the ingredients they used now came from various worlds.
Among them, the ingredients from the Teigu World were of the finest quality.
Especially the large amount of ingredients Longinus had recently brought back.
Many kinds of meat, vegetables, fruits, and spices could not be found within the Empire, Divine Harmony, or Alkemi.
The chefs were studying how to prepare them better.
For Shanks, who had remained on the first deck, this period had been utterly agonizing.
Even when he joined forces with Gyuki against Kukulkan's ferocious attacks, they found it incomparably difficult.
Neither man nor beast knew how many times they had been kicked flying, nor how many times they had coughed up blood.
Gyuki had even been driven into a rage during the battle and unleashed a Tailed Beast Bomb, only for Kukulkan to kick it back like a ball!
Fortunately, Kukulkan had shown mercy.
He deliberately kicked the Tailed Beast Bomb past their heads and off Noah's deck, causing a nuclear-like explosion in the distant void!
Gyuki no longer dared to use a Tailed Beast Bomb, afraid it would be kicked back again and catch Shanks in the blast.
Shanks was also deeply astonished by the kicking techniques Kukulkan had displayed.
He could recognize traces of the Red-Leg Kicking Technique within them, but the style carried an intensely personal character.
A snake!
To Shanks, Kukulkan's leg shadows were like enormous serpent tails wrapped in air currents, forcibly blasting open sonic booms.